Rusties and Riddles and Gee-Haw Whimmy-Diddles by Still James;McCaffery Janet;

Rusties and Riddles and Gee-Haw Whimmy-Diddles by Still James;McCaffery Janet;

Author:Still, James;McCaffery, Janet; [Still, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00


On Wolfpen and in neighboring hollows and coves every man was farmer, cattleman, carpenter, blacksmith, gunsmith, trapper, fisherman, and hunter. They could lay the worm‡ of a rail fence, sharpen burrs of a grindrock,§ construct a mountain sled for hauling.

With ax and hog rifle they were adept. And their sons worked with them and acquired their mastery.

Women spun and wove. They patched* quilts for bedding, picked geese for billowy feather ticks. Soap they made from lye leached from wood ashes. Lye and grease were boiled together until they “set.” They beat dirt from breeches with battling-sticks.



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